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South Carolina Republicans introduce bill criminalizing abortion as murder from conception, applying homicide laws with penalties for all involved.
Anti-abortion groups fear President Trump is softening on some of their key policy priorities, creating a rift on the right one year into his second term. Following an initial flurry of executive
President Donald Trump wants Republicans to get a deal on health care insurance assistance by being flexible on a long-standing budget policy that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services.
When a trio of Republican state lawmakers introduced a bill last year that would subject women who obtain abortions to decades in prison, some reproductive rights advocates feared South Carolina might pass the “most extreme” abortion ban in the United States.
A coalition of leading anti-abortion groups on Friday urged President Trump along with House and Senate Republican leaders to hold firm in demanding strict protections against ObamaCare subsidies being used to pay for abortion.
1 abortion bill halted, another advances as SC Statehouse takes action on second day of 2026 session
SC House lawmakers squashed legislation that could have charged abortion-seeking women with murder without any exceptions for rape and incest.
Abortions are still happening in Louisiana — largely through pills mailed from out of state. A Senate hearing led by Sen. Bill Cassidy and Attorney General Liz Murrill shows why that’s now a major political fight.
President Trump’s call for the GOP to be more “flexible” on abortion restrictions is landing with a thud among Senate Republicans who view Hyde Amendment language barring federal funds from going
A bipartisan breakthrough on Hyde has eluded lawmakers, as both parties remain firm on red lines over abortion access under Obamacare.